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[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

In memory of the Apollo app.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

My original reddit name. It is on my 2 Guinness World Records for "Largest Online Secret Santa".

It means = Paramedic, guy(pig), and I did "save" two babies as a Paramedic.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well it started when I was born and my mom named me Bill…

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[–] dirtySourdough@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Just made that shit up. I was trying to think of something stupid that wouldn't identify me in any personal way, and this one made me chuckle

[–] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's like when kids make up a ridiculous nickname for you in grade school, but it sticks and you end up using it on your business cards.

[–] Sacabambaspis@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

I was tickled pink about this prehistoric fish that went viral a little while back and I thought I would adopt its name.

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

They were out of Bort usernames.

[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Shit!

I got bored of winning all these fuckin accolades for porn.

Then the world started runnin outta french fries and burrito coverins, people starvin and shit.

Enough was enough!

President Camacho 2024!

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I based it of the kid who goes “fahfahfahfah” in the pork chop sandwiches gi joe thing but everyone thinks it’s a reference to Jeff Dunham

[–] Sidyctism@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

i thought that my old username (that i came up with when i was 8 and creating an account for runescape) was too childish.

At some point after i watched donnie darko while being really high. The rest is history

[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have plans to find a better one.

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[–] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I got it from a random generator after I had to change my Minecraft username when I was a kid. Been using it ever since.

[–] RatzChatsubo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My favorite cyberpunk book, Neuromancer has a bartender in it named Ratz who serves drinks to the main character in a bar called Chatsubo

[–] bluyonder@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Not so wild as I used to be.

[–] olbaidiablo@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

At the time, I was playing a lot of Diablo.

[–] Persen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sleeping pills and a misspelled person. It was my pirated minecraft username first.

[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's a reference to Hollow knight and Subnautica

Also it's a double negative

[–] sleepmode@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like Marvin from hhgttg. Also, I have sleep issues.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I eat a lot of pasta

[–] Jubei_K_08@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Named after Jubei Kibagami of Ninja Scroll, first anime movie I ever watched. The 08 was my jersey number when I played soccer.

Ninja Scroll

[–] Two2Tango@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

It's my lizard's name

[–] waterbogan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Was my reddit username for ten years. When I joined reddit it was through the swimming sub, looking for info on waterproof MP3 players so I could swim laps while listening to AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Slayer, etc etc. I'm a bogan that swim laps pretty much every day.... therefore waterbogan

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Abbreviation of my real name yields "NW". I decided to add wind to make it a Hong Kong slang.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

It was my username on my porn account on Reddit. I derived it from my not porn account that I also used for other things and people IRL knew. I ended up using this one way more so kept it when Reddit banned me and I came over here.

[–] TheOgreChef@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I had a boss back in the day that I had a really good rapport with, and he would jokingly call me Shrek because I was almost a foot taller than he was. I also worked in a lot of restaurants in my late teens to early twenties and found a love for cooking that has never really gone away.

[–] Atin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

One of my favourite characters from a book.

[–] Daaric@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It used to be the name of my character back when I played DnD, and the very origin was some online dwarvish names generator.

[–] Glitchington@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I like glitchy stuff, and I had friends who added "-ington" to everything for laughs.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'll let you guess the second half 👍

The first half is actually short for Indigo.

Back in the day my old internet alias was Indigo Michigan. I eventually dropped the Michigan when I became a Brony. "Indigo Brony" didn't really sound great, so I shortened it.

[–] Dvixen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Had it for forty years, it was my CB radio call sign.

[–] gibdos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Back in the olden days I played Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast at a buddys home. I didn't have a username for online play and I think he had gotten his from a Majoras Mask guide, so I flipped through it and randomly chose Gibdos. It's been my one and only username for over 20 years now.

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